Malvern Prep entered their tilt with Perkiomen School with 12 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 13. They came out on top against the Perkiomen School Panthers by a score of 4-1 on Saturday. That's more bragging rights for Malvern Prep, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Will Oschell looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tague Davis, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run. Jonathan Holt was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
On Perkiomen School's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Erick Diaz, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Diaz has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Even though they lost, Perkiomen School didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Malvern Prep's win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-1. As for Perkiomen School, their defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-2.
Malvern Prep will head out on the road to take on Germantown Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Malvern Prep is facing Germantown Academy at the right time seeing as Germantown Academy is stuck on a six-game losing streak. As for Perkiomen School, they will head out on the road to face off against Friends' Central at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Perkiomen School is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
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